The Performance Cars of Fast & Furious 6

The Fast & Furious franchise has gotten a handful of hit films out of people driving fast cars doing insane stunts. Last time around the main character drove a 1965 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport out of a moving train. We got the scoop on the muscle cars featured in the sixth installment, out May 24.

Dodge Charger SRT8

Dodge Charger SRT8

The hero car of the movie, the Charger shows up in several pivotal scenes, drifting, taking sharp turns, and burning up the roadway. There's a 2012 in the movie, but Dodge has tweaked the 2013 model with a few racing amenities. There's now a launch-control mode that's standard: You press ESC twice, press the brake, and press the throttle. The car will rev to 1825 rpm and wait for you to release the brake. A torque-management system kicks in and you're on your way from 0 to 60 in just under 5 seconds.

BMW M5

BMW M5

The BMW M5 is the badass car of Fast and Furious 6. (In the film, the bad guys drive older M5 models. The main characters Dom and Brian, who used to be the bad guys, are now on the good side of the law. Got that?) Here's the new M5. This beast packs the new 4.4-liter M TwinPower Turbo V-8 engine with 560 hp (up 12 percent from the previous version) and 500 lb-ft of torque (up 30 percent). That's enough to propel you to 60 mph in 4.2 seconds.